At Lewis-Palmer: No. 1 Lewis-Palmer (23-2) looked the part of the top seed, sweeping No. 36 Pueblo County (25-9, 25-11, 25-18) and No. 24 Glenwood Springs (25-20, 25-21, 25-22) to return to the state championship.

Last year's runners-up were led by Alexa Smith, who had 19 kills against Pueblo County and 16 against Glenwood Springs.

Freshman Brighid Heaney led the Pirates with seven kills against Bennett.

Region 10: CSCS eliminated

At Machebeuf: No. 15 Colorado Springs Christian School (14-11) opened with a sweep of No. 27 Roaring Fork only to lose a heart-breaker in five sets to No. 10 Machebeuf and narrowly miss advancing to state.

Scores and stats were not available.

Region 7: TCA eliminated

At University: No. 18 The Classical Academy (13-12) eliminated Rifle (25-8, 25-14, 23-25, 25-18) from regional contention, before being swept by host No. 7 University (25-13, 25-22, 25-17) and getting knocked out of the regional.